A brand new mannequin legislation agency led by the previous head of worldwide agency DWF has introduced a merger with a high-end London apply.
Describing itself as a ‘distributed’ legislation agency, arch.legislation was based in 2021 by Andrew Leaitherland, who had been chief government at DWF. It affords different corporations or people the prospect to type their very own private service firm as a sub-contractor for arch.legislation and preserve the vast majority of the charges billed.
The most recent to hitch the enterprise is the five-strong Mayfair Rise Solicitors, led by litigation specialist Sally Marsden and which targets excessive net-worth shoppers.
Marsden, a former accomplice with Pannone LLP in Manchester, stated: ‘I’ve watched the arch.legislation mannequin with curiosity over the previous 12 months. It attracted us because it’s a superb platform to additional help our shoppers and can present entry to a wider vary of companies at price efficient charges.
‘Constructing the Mayfair Rise enterprise is a key purpose for us and one that we’ll definitely obtain throughout the arch.legislation mannequin as we go away behind the distractions of operating a regulated legislation agency.’
The Mayfair Rise staff, together with solicitor Robyn Barron and trainee Rebekah Leech, will proceed to work from the agency’s workplace in Mayfair Place in what will likely be often called a ‘collaboration hub’ for arch.legislation within the capital.
The concept of arch.legislation is that the corporate supplies tech back-up, skilled indemnity insurance coverage and workplace area to permit member to focus purely on growing their enterprise. Legal professionals can work from wherever they want and every private service firm receives as much as 85% of the charges billed plus as much as 15% of any charges referred by different members.
Based in 2021, the agency now has greater than 70 members within the UK and Australia and markets itself as providing the prospect to construct a enterprise inside a enterprise.
Leaitherland added: ‘arch.legislation supplies a transparent pathway for corporations and groups to develop and construct their functionality however importantly we are able to additionally present a succession route for legal professionals trying to transition their enterprise.’